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Interchangeable Lens Digital CameraILCE-7M4α7IV

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If your camera’s system software (firmware) is Ver.2.00 or later, use Creators’ App on your smartphone. Imaging Edge Mobile cannot be used. For details on Creators’ App, refer to the following website.

https://www.sony.net/ca/

Recommended pages in the Help Guide

  • Focusing on human eyes

    The camera can automatically detect faces and eyes and focus on the eyes.

  • JPEG/HEIF Switch

    You can switch the file format (JPEG/HEIF) of the still image to be recorded.

  • File Format (movie)

    You can select the movie file format.

  • Assigning frequently used functions to buttons and dials (Custom Key/Dial Set.)

    You can assign frequently used functions to the desired buttons and dials.

  • Anti-dust Function

    You can clean the image sensor. You can also set whether or not to close the shutter when you turn off the camera.


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  • How to use the “Help Guide”
    • Checking the camera and the supplied items
    • Memory cards that can be used
      • Precautions
      • Lending, transferring or discarding the camera and/or memory card to others (Notes on protecting private information)
      • Notes on the battery pack and charging the battery
      • Notes on memory card
      • Cleaning the image sensor (Sensor Cleaning)
      • On cleaning
      • Front side
      • Rear side
      • Top side
      • Sides
      • Bottom
      • FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
      • Touch operations on the monitor
      • Using the control wheel
      • Using the multi-selector
      • Using the Still/Movie/S&Q dial and mode dial
      • Using the MENU button
      • Using the C (custom) buttons
      • Using the Fn (Function) button
      • Using the DISP (Display Setting) button
      • Using the Delete button
      • Using the AEL button
      • Using the AF-ON button
      • Using the front dial and rear dial (L/R)
      • Using the keyboard
      • Basic icons
      • In-Camera Guide
      • Inserting/removing the battery pack
      • Charging the battery pack using the supplied AC adaptor
      • Charging the battery with a commercially available AC adaptor or mobile battery
      • Using the AC Adaptor/battery charger abroad
    • Supplying power from a wall outlet (wall socket)
    • Inserting/removing a memory card
    • Attaching/removing a lens
    • Performing initial setup for the camera
      • Confirmation before shooting
      • Shooting still images (Intelligent Auto)
      • Shooting movies (Intelligent Auto)
  • Finding functions from MENU
    • Contents of this chapter
      • Intelligent Auto
      • Program Auto
      • Aperture Priority
      • Shutter Priority
      • Manual Exposure
      • Bulb shooting
      • Exposure Ctrl Type
      • Auto/Manual Swt. Set.
      • Auto Slow Shutter
      • Selecting the focus method (Focus Mode)
      • Selecting the focus area (Focus Area)
      • Tracking subject (Tracking function)
      • Manual Focus
      • Direct manual focus (DMF)
      • Focusing on human eyes
      • Face/Eye Prior. in AF (still image/movie)
      • Face/Eye Subject (still image/movie)
      • Subject Sel. Setting (still image/movie)
      • Right/Left Eye Select (still image/movie)
      • Face/Eye Frame Disp. (still image/movie)
      • Face Memory
      • Regist. Faces Priority (still image/movie)
      • Focus Standard
      • Adjusting the focus area settings to the camera’s orientation (horizontal/vertical) (Switch V/H AF Area)
      • Registering the current focus area (AF Area Registration)
      • Deleting a registered AF Area (Del. Regist. AF Area)
      • Focus Area Limit (still image/movie)
      • Circ. of Focus Point (still image/movie)
      • AF Frame Move Amt (still image/movie)
      • Focus Area Color (still image/movie)
      • AF Area Auto Clear
      • Area Disp. dur Tracking
      • AF-C Area Display
      • Phase Detect. Area
      • AF Tracking Sensitivity
      • AF Transition Speed
      • AF Subj. Shift Sensitivity
      • AF Assist
      • AF/MF Selector
      • AF w/ Shutter
      • AF On
      • Focus Hold
      • Pre-AF
      • Priority Set in AF-S
      • Priority Set in AF-C
      • AF Illuminator
      • Aperture Drive in AF
      • AF in Focus Mag.
      • Auto Magnifier in MF
      • Focus Magnifier
      • Focus Magnif. Time (still image/movie)
      • Initial Focus Mag. (still image)
      • Initial Focus Mag. (movie)
      • Focus Map
      • Peaking Display
      • Exposure Comp. (still image/movie)
      • Histogram display
      • Exposure step (still image/movie)
      • Exposure Std. Adjust (still image/movie)
      • D-Range Optimizer (still image/movie)
      • Metering Mode (still image/movie)
      • Face Priority in Multi Metering (still image/movie)
      • Spot Metering Point (still image/movie)
      • AE lock
      • AEL w/ Shutter
      • Zebra Display
      • ISO (still image/movie)
      • ISO Range Limit (still image/movie)
      • ISO AUTO Min. SS
      • White Balance (still image/movie)
      • Capturing a standard white color to set the white balance (custom white balance)
      • Priority Set in AWB (still image/movie)
      • Shutter AWB Lock
      • Shockless WB
      • Creative Look (still image/movie)
      • Picture Profile (still image/movie)
      • Soft Skin Effect (still image/movie)
      • Drive Mode
      • Cont. Shooting
      • Self-timer(Single)
      • Self-timer(Cont)
      • Cont. Bracket
      • Single Bracket
      • Indicator during bracket shooting
      • WB bracket
      • DRO Bracket
      • Bracket Settings
    • Interval Shoot Func.
      • JPEG/HEIF Switch
      • Image Quality Settings: File Format (still image)
      • Image Quality Settings: RAW File Type
      • Image Quality Settings: JPEG Quality/HEIF Quality
      • Image Quality Settings: JPEG Image Size/HEIF Image Size
      • Aspect Ratio
      • HLG Still Image
      • Color Space
      • File Format (movie)
      • Movie Settings (movie)
      • S&Q Settings
      • Proxy Settings
      • APS-C S35 (Super 35mm) Shooting (still image/movie)
      • Angle of view
      • Touch Operation
      • Touch Panel/Pad
      • Touch Pad Settings
      • Touch Func. in Shooting
      • Focusing using touch operations (Touch Focus)
      • Starting tracking with touch operations (Touch Tracking)
      • Shooting with touch operations (Touch Shutter)
      • Silent Mode Settings (still image/movie)
      • Shutter Type
      • e-Front Curtain Shut.
      • Release w/o Lens (still image/movie)
      • Release w/o Card
      • Anti-flicker Set.
      • Differences between the [Anti-flicker Shoot.] and [Var. Shutter] functions
      • The zoom features available with this product
      • Clear Image Zoom/Digital Zoom (Zoom)
      • Zoom Range (still image/movie)
      • Custom Key Z. Speed (still image/movie)
      • Remote Zoom Speed (still image/movie)
      • About zoom scale
      • Zoom Ring Rotate
      • Using flash (sold separately)
      • Flash Mode
      • Flash Comp.
      • Exp.comp.set
      • Wireless Flash
      • Red Eye Reduction
      • FEL lock
      • External Flash Set.
      • Reg. Flash Shooting Set
      • Video Light Mode
      • SteadyShot (still image)
      • SteadyShot (movie)
      • SteadyShot Adjust. (still image/movie)
      • SteadyShot focal length (still image/movie)
    • Lens Compensation (still image/movie)
      • Long Exposure NR
      • High ISO NR
      • Auto Review (still image)
      • Remain Shoot Display (still image)
      • Grid Line Display (still image/movie)
      • Grid Line Type (still image/movie)
      • Live View Display Set.
      • Aperture Preview
      • Shot. Result Preview
      • Bright Monitoring
      • Emphasized REC Display
      • Marker Display
      • Gamma Display Assist
      • Gamma Disp. Assist Typ.
      • Audio Recording
      • Audio Rec Level
      • Audio Out Timing
      • Wind Noise Reduct.
      • Shoe Audio Set.
      • Audio Level Display
      • TC/UB
      • TC/UB Disp. Setting
      • USB Streaming (movie)
    • Contents of this chapter
    • Customization features of the camera
    • Assigning frequently used functions to buttons and dials (Custom Key/Dial Set.)
    • Changing the function of the dial temporarily (My Dial Settings)
      • Camera Set. Memory
      • Recall Camera Setting
      • Memory/Recall Media
      • Registering shooting settings to a custom key (Reg. Custom Shoot Set)
      • Fn Menu Settings
      • Add Item
      • Sort Item
      • Delete Item
      • Delete Page
      • Delete All
      • Display From My Menu
      • Different Set for Still/Mv
      • Av/Tv Rotate
      • Function Ring(Lens)
      • Lock Operation Parts
      • REC w/ Shutter (movie)
      • Select Finder/Monitor
      • DISP (Screen Disp) Set (Monitor/Finder)
    • Contents of this chapter
      • Selecting which memory card to play back (Select Playback Media)
      • Playing back still images
      • Enlarging an image being played back (Enlarge Image)
      • Enlarge Initial Mag.
      • Enlarge Initial Position
      • Rotating recorded images automatically (Display Rotation)
      • Playing back movies
      • Volume Settings
      • 4ch Audio Monitoring (movie)
      • Playing back images using slideshow (Slide Show)
      • Cont. Play for Interval
      • Play Speed for Interval
      • Playing back images on the image index screen (Image Index)
      • Switching between still images and movies (View Mode)
      • Display as Group
      • Focus Frame Display (playback)
      • Disp Specified Time Img.
    • Setting the method for jumping between images (Image Jump Setting)
    • Protecting recorded images (Protect)
      • Rating
      • Rating Set(Custom Key)
      • Rotating an image (Rotate)
    • Crop
      • Photo Capture
      • JPEG/HEIF Switch (Photo Capture)
    • Copying images from one memory card to another (Copy)
      • Deleting multiple selected images (Delete)
      • Delete pressing twice
      • Delete confirm.
      • Viewing images on a TV using an HDMI cable
      • Format
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Recording Media (still image)
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Recording Media (movie)
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Auto Switch Media
      • Recover Image DB (still image/movie)
      • Display Media Info. (still image/movie)
      • File/Folder Settings
      • Select REC Folder
      • Create New Folder
      • File Settings
      • IPTC Information
      • Copyright Info
      • Write Serial Number (still image/movie)
      • Wi-Fi Connect
      • WPS Push
      • Access Point Set.
      • Wi-Fi Frequency Band (models supporting 5 GHz)
      • Display Wi-Fi Info.
      • SSID/PW Reset
      • Bluetooth Settings
      • Bluetooth Rmt Ctrl
      • Wired LAN (USB-LAN)
      • USB-LAN/Tethering
      • Airplane Mode
      • Edit Device Name
      • Importing root certification to the camera (Import Root Certificate)
      • Access Authen. Settings
      • Access Authen. Info
      • Security(IPsec)
      • Reset Network Set.
      • FTP Transfer Func.
      • Monitor Brightness
      • Viewfinder Bright.
      • Finder Color Temp.
      • Finder Frame Rate (still image)
      • Auto Monitor OFF (still image)
      • Power Save Start Time
      • Power Save by Monitor
      • Auto Power OFF Temp.
      • Display Quality (still image)
      • USB Connection Mode
      • USB LUN Setting
      • USB Power Supply
      • HDMI Resolution
      • HDMI Output Settings (movie)
      • HDMI Info. Display
      • CTRL FOR HDMI
      • Language 
      • Area/Date/Time Setting
      • NTSC/PAL Selector
      • Audio signals
      • Anti-dust Function
      • Auto Pixel Mapping
      • Pixel Mapping
      • Version
      • Display Serial Number
      • Screen Reader (For some models only)
      • Certification Logo (For some models only)
      • Save/Load Settings
      • Setting Reset
    • Functions available with a smartphone (Creators’ App)
    • Pairing the camera with a smartphone (Smartphone Connection)
      • Using a smartphone as a remote commander
      • Remote Shoot Setting
      • Select on Cam & Send (transferring to a smartphone)
      • Reset Transfer Status (transferring to a smartphone)
      • Cnct. while Power OFF (smartphone)
    • Reading location information from a smartphone
    • Recommended computer environment
      • Connecting the camera to a computer
      • Disconnecting the camera from the computer
      • Introduction to computer software (Imaging Edge Desktop/Catalyst)
      • Importing images to the computer
      • Operating the camera from a computer (PC Remote Function)
      • Remote Shoot Setting
    • USB Streaming (movie)
    • Audio accessories compatible with the Multi Interface Shoe
    • Vertical grip
      • Mount Adaptor
      • LA-EA3/LA-EA5 Mount Adaptor
      • LA-EA4 Mount Adaptor
    • Multi Battery Adaptor Kit
    • Battery life and number of recordable images
    • Number of recordable images
    • Recordable movie times
    • List of icons on the monitor
    • List of default setting values
    • Specifications
    • Trademarks
    • License
    • Troubleshooting
    • Warning messages

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